76Old Hungerford BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.39 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London through Frederick Keppel & Co., New York receipt 10 november 1888, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 320 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 213 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks throughout, a somewhat greater concentration in water at lower right |
| Print note: | scratch or slipped stroke visible in 1898.325 (state II) is not visible, but a new scratch (partly burnished?) appears through rowboat with men at left of center and extends through shoreline in foreground |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '84076' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W80' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'Old Hungerford' on recto and '3' on verso in different hands; 'Pxv' (the 'v' underscored) on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0760304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.